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Create, start, stop and inspect Compute Engine VMs, disks, instance templates, instance groups and reservations.

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Connects an assistant to Google Compute Engine in a Google Cloud project. It can create, start, stop, reset, resize and delete VM instances, and inspect instances, attached disks, instance templates, managed instance groups, images, snapshots, reservations and commitments. It also lists machine types and accelerator types per zone and checks zone operations.

Runs as a hosted remote endpoint over streamable HTTP at https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp. Access uses Google OAuth 2.0 and is limited by the IAM permissions of the signed-in account. Several tools change or delete resources, so review requests before approving them.

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  • Create, start, stop, reset and delete VM instances
  • Change the machine type of a stopped instance
  • List instances and view basic instance info
  • Inspect disks, disk performance and attached disks
  • Browse instance templates and managed instance groups
  • List machine types, accelerator types, images and snapshots
  • View reservations and commitments
  • Check the status of zone operations

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  • create_instancelisting.hint.delete

    Create a VM instance; defaults to e2-medium and a debian-12 image.

  • delete_instancelisting.hint.delete

    Delete a VM instance by project, zone and name.

  • start_instancelisting.hint.delete

    Start a VM instance.

  • stop_instancelisting.hint.delete

    Stop a VM instance.

  • reset_instancelisting.hint.delete

    Reset a VM instance.

  • get_instance_basic_infolisting.hint.ro

    Get name, ID, status, machine type, creation time and accelerators of an instance.

  • set_instance_machine_typelisting.hint.delete

    Set the machine type of a stopped instance.

  • list_instance_attached_diskslisting.hint.ro

    List disks attached to an instance with their details.

  • list_instanceslisting.hint.ro

    List VM instances in a zone with basic info.

  • get_instance_group_manager_basic_infolisting.hint.ro

    Get basic info about a managed instance group.

  • list_instance_group_managerslisting.hint.ro

    List managed instance groups in a zone.

  • list_managed_instanceslisting.hint.ro

    List instances managed by a managed instance group.

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  • list_instance_templateslisting.hint.ro

    List instance templates in a project.

  • get_instance_template_basic_infolisting.hint.ro

    Get basic info about an instance template.

  • get_instance_template_propertieslisting.hint.ro

    Get full instance properties of a template, including disks and network.

  • get_disk_basic_infolisting.hint.ro

    Get size, type, status and attach times of a disk.

  • get_disk_performance_configlisting.hint.ro

    Get disk IOPS, throughput, block size and access mode.

  • list_diskslisting.hint.ro

    List disks in a zone with basic info.

  • list_accelerator_typeslisting.hint.ro

    List available accelerator types in a zone.

  • list_machine_typeslisting.hint.ro

    List available machine types in a zone.

  • list_imageslisting.hint.ro

    List Compute Engine images in a project.

  • get_zone_operationlisting.hint.ro

    Get status and errors of a zone operation.

  • get_reservation_basic_infolisting.hint.ro

    Get basic info about a reservation.

  • get_reservation_detailslisting.hint.ro

    Get detailed reservation properties and sharing settings.

  • list_reservationslisting.hint.ro

    List reservations in a zone.

  • list_commitmentslisting.hint.ro

    List commitments in a region.

  • get_commitment_basic_infolisting.hint.ro

    Get basic info about a regional commitment.

  • list_commitment_reservationslisting.hint.ro

    List reservations that belong to a commitment.

  • list_snapshotslisting.hint.ro

    List disk snapshots in a project.

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  • List the VM instances in zone us-central1-a of project my-project

  • Create a VM named test-vm in europe-west1-b with the default image

  • Stop the instance web-1 in us-east1-b and confirm the operation finished

  • Show the properties of instance template web-template in my-project

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Claude Code

  1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:
claude mcp add --transport http compute-engine https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp
  1. Start Claude Code, type /mcp, pick compute-engine and choose Authenticate. A browser window opens for the Google Cloud sign-in.

Add --scope user to make it available in every project, not just this one.

Claude Desktop

  1. Open Settings → Connectors and click Add custom connector.
  2. Name it Google Compute Engine and paste this URL:
https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp
  1. Click Add, then Connect, and sign in when Google Cloud asks.

Claude Desktop's JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too.

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  1. Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you:
  1. Check that the URL reads https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp and click Add.
  2. Click Connect and sign in when Google Cloud asks.

Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors.

ChatGPT

  1. On chatgpt.com, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
  2. Go to chatgpt.com/plugins and click + to create an app for a remote MCP server.
  3. Paste https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp as the server URL and choose OAuth. ChatGPT sends you to Google Cloud to sign in.

Developer mode is available on the web for Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Education accounts.

Cursor

Or add it by hand to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project):

mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "compute-engine": {
      "url": "https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor shows Needs login next to the server. Click it to sign in.

VS Code

Or from a terminal:

code --add-mcp '{"name":"compute-engine","type":"http","url":"https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp"}'

Or commit it to the repo in .vscode/mcp.json:

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "compute-engine": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code asks you to sign in the first time the server starts.

Devin Desktop

  1. Add it to ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (macOS and Linux) or %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json (Windows):
mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "compute-engine": {
      "serverUrl": "https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade and sign in when asked.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads serverUrl (or url) for remote servers.

Codex

codex mcp add compute-engine --url https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp
codex mcp login compute-engine

Or edit ~/.codex/config.toml directly:

config.toml
[mcp_servers.compute-engine]
url = "https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add --transport http compute-engine https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp

Then, inside Gemini CLI, run /mcp auth compute-engine to sign in.

This adds it to the current project. Add -s user to use it everywhere.

Any client

Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: serverUrl in Devin Desktop, httpUrl in Gemini CLI's settings file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "compute-engine": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Zed puts servers under context_servers in its settings. Cline needs "type": "streamableHttp", or it assumes SSE.

Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with npx -y mcp-remote https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp.

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Can I paste mcp.tc/i/compute-engine into my MCP client?

No. mcp.tc links are pages, not server addresses. Connect with https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp, so your client talks to Google Compute Engine directly. The sign-in token only works there anyway. The quick link is for sharing: it opens this page, with setup steps for every client.

Does Google Compute Engine need an API key or a sign-in?

Yes, you need a Google Cloud account. The first time your client connects, it opens Google Cloud's sign-in page. The token goes straight to the server's own URL, never through mcp.tc.

Is Google Compute Engine a remote or a local server?

Remote. Google Cloud hosts it at https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp, and it speaks Streamable HTTP. There's nothing to install.

What can Google Compute Engine do?

It has 29 tools, including create_instance, delete_instance and start_instance. You can create, start, stop, reset and delete VM instances, change the machine type of a stopped instance and list instances and view basic instance info.

Which clients can use it?

Any client that supports remote MCP servers: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, claude.ai, ChatGPT in developer mode, Cursor, VS Code, Devin Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Zed and others. The setup steps cover each one.

Who wrote this page?

mcp.tc's robot read Google Compute Engine's own metadata (its MCP handshake, tool list and public pages), and an AI model drafted the text from it. A person reviews anything the checks can't confirm. The text can still be wrong, so if you spot a mistake, use Report this listing on this page.

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